The names sound similar — Ziziki’s Taverna and Z Taverna — but chef Richard Silva says they’re different. Well, they’re different now: Z Taverna Grill and Wine Bar “popped up,” as he explains, in mid-February in place of Ziziki’s Taverna in Addison.

Z Taverna is not a Greek restaurant like Ziziki’s was; the chef calls it “new American.”

The cast of characters is partly the same, however. Silva was the chef at Ziziki’s, and Z’s website is still zizikistaverna.com. Z Taverna opened after Silva says he and co-owner Rick Buzzard broke away from Costa and Mary Arabatzis, who own the remaining Ziziki’s restaurants and just closed sibling restaurant the Greek.

Silva and Buzzard’s Z Taverna is “more farm to fork” than its predecessor, Silva says.

Whereas Greek and Italian restaurant Ziziki’s serves lamb skewers, for instance, Z Taverna has a lamb meatloaf sandwich. Other items on Silva’s menu are crab mac and cheese, pepper-encrusted steak cooked in a pan glazed with Fireball Whisky, and sides of purposely-burnt cauliflower.

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